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1. Love Me, Anyway was published by Porkbelly Press in 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. 2. This is Minadora Macheret’s first chapbook. 3. The speaker in these poems details three main subjects: the death of her mother, navigating Jewish identity, and suffering from Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). 4. PCOS is a chronic, hormonal disorder that causes…

in back / credit: deMeet Cute Summer an anti-shadow, diamond-bladed, and you, the soft-bodied starfish, the bell, a slim book to be opened. Patience, profusion. Nothing less than a pageant: caught breath and the current, pulling and pulling and pulling and pulling. Barn Sour I dig my heels in and wish for spurs: she must…

About allison anneallison anne is a queer, non-binary collagist, mixed media artist + graphic designer living in minneapolis. their work is the result of years of self-directed experimentation with many mediums, but explorations with collage in the past several years have become their focus — particularly as a way to explore creativity, trauma and mental…

Celia Galey recently caught up with Jason Stoneking in Paris, to talk with him about his current series of unique, handwritten, Bespoke Books. The interview is transcribed here. Celia: So first I wanted to go back in time, to when you started thinking about the Bespoke Project. When was that? What it is that you…

Risa Denenberg is a Pacific Northwest poet and publisher. We met during her launch of slight faith at Imprint Books in Port Townsend, Washington. She slipped a free copy into my hands, her asymmetrical haircut framing her sly smile. I immediately began to follow her work, discovering again and again the words of a woman…

These poems are dedicated to the memory of Dr. Glenn R. Cuomo, Professor of German Studies 1992-2017, New College of Florida, with whom the translator first began work on this project in 1997. Fishily on love & poetry, indeed. Translator’s Note: I didn’t know how much I loved translation until I did—suddenly—like the Donovan song:…

During the summer of 1956, Jack Kerouac stayed on two occasions at the Hotel Stevens in downtown Seattle. His first stay at the venerable old “skid row” hotel was in the latter part of June of that year, his second stay there some eighty days later in early September. Between these two brief stopovers, pivotal…

that afternoon / credit: deI Cook Us Beets I cook us beets, using the red to smear your teeth with love. This poem will not be long. I make us beets, pulling them apart like convex and ashamed little hearts. You are yearned for most when you are saturated. Last night, I split open my…